Do you know where the liminal is? Have you ever been there? There are perhaps some examples that we all share knowledge of. For instance, twilight, that moment between dawn and daylight or dusk and night time. It is a threshold between one place and another, a bridge or stairs, a doorway, or even between…
About a year into my tarot studies, I signed up for a class with Jenna Matlin on using tarot for mediumship. It set me on the path to becoming a medium. Jenna’s classes (and her first book, Will You Give Me A Reading?) are who I attribute my learning to read tarot intuitively, beyond the…
Tarot, Magic, & Reason, aka TOMAR, is a stunning book and deck combo created by the lovely ‘Debs’ (Deborah Allen). The subtitle reads: The TOMAR In-Depth Beginner’s Guide to Tarot Theory and Practice…but, to be clear, the ‘beginners’ part of the subtitle is referencing learning tarot theory, “exploring its traditional ideas in their modern context…[to]…
Lon Milo DuQuette’s Classic Handbook Still Deserves its Reputation, but This Edition Needed More Lon Some books become classics because nobody supersedes them. Others arrive at the right moment and solve a problem so thoroughly that their original necessity becomes difficult to remember. Lon Milo DuQuette’s The Magick of Aleister Crowley belongs mostly to the…
About the Author Siddharth Ramakrishnan, PhD, is a neuroscientist, artist, and educator. He is the chair of neuroscience at the University of Puget Sound and a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award and W. M. Keck Foundation award. An avid tarot reader for the last twenty years, Siddharth explores the intersections of…
Jasmine Becket-Griffith and David Van Gough are the visual arts duo who have created the Death and the Maiden Creativity Journal published by Blue Angel. It is one of the many commercial offerings connected to the graphic novel series Death and the Maiden published by Dren Productions, and written by James Mascia. Here is the…